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E-auction 401-313683 - bgr_628004 - AIOLIS - CYME Demi-unité

AIOLIS - CYME Demi-unité AU
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Estimate : 195 €
Price : 80 €
Maximum bid : 82 €
End of the sale : 21 December 2020 14:01:00
bidders : 11 bidders
Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 250-190 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cymé, Éolide
Metal : copper
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,88 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Belle tête de la nymphe. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de la nymphe Kymé à droite, les cheveux retenus par un petit chignon.

Reverse


Reverse description : Protomé de cheval à droite bondissant.
Reverse legend : KU/ LESBIOS.
Reverse translation : ( Cymé/ Lesbios).

Commentary


Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous proposons un exemplaire à la vente.

Historical background


AIOLIS - CYME

(3rd - 2nd century BC)

Cymé, today Sandakli, one of the most important cities of the Aeolian coast, was located south of Myrhina. It had a port and was founded by Locrians. She herself is at the origin of the foundation of Side in Pamphylia and of Cumae in Campania. It is the homeland of Hesiod.

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